On Labor Day Weekend, Iowans Across The State Hearing About How Iowa’s New Child Labor Law Violates Federal Law
On Labor Day Weekend, Iowans Across The State Hearing About How Iowa’s New Child Labor Law Violates Federal Law “Iowans spent their Labor Day weekend reading articles in the news about how Iowa Republicans have pulled our state out of sync with federal child labor laws. From allowing 16 year olds to work in demolition, […]
ICYMI: KGAN: MAGA Republicans Push To Undo Lower Drug Costs for Seniors
ICYMI: KGAN: MAGA Republicans Push To Undo Lower Drug Costs for Seniors As President Biden takes on Big Pharma and lowers costs for millions of Americans, MAGA Republicans running for president are calling to repeal the Inflation Reduction Act and cause the nearly 650,000 Iowa seniors on Medicare to pay more for their medication. Every […]
IDP Chair Rita Hart on Scott, Pence, Ramaswamy Visiting Iowa This Week
IDP Chair Rita Hart on Scott, Pence, Ramaswamy Visiting Iowa This Week Iowa Democratic Party Chair Rita Hart released the following statement ahead of Tim Scott, Mike Pence, and Vivek Ramaswamy traveling to Iowa over the next two days. “This week some of the most extreme, MAGA presidential contenders are headed back to […]
IDP Chair Rita Hart Highlights First Drugs Selected for Medicare Price Negotiation
IDP Chair Rita Hart Highlights First Drugs Selected for Medicare Price Negotiation Iowa Democratic Party Chair Rita Hart responds to the Biden-Harris administration’s announcement of Medicare selecting the first 10 drugs for price negotiation. In 2022, seniors paid $3.4 billion in out-of-pocket costs for these 10 medications. This provision allows Medicare to negotiate lower […]
IDP Chair Rita Hart’s Responds To Ramaswamy and DeSantis Visit
IDP Chair Rita Hart’s Responds To Ramaswamy and DeSantis Visit IDP Chair Rita Hart issued the following statement on Vivek Ramaswamy and Ron DeSantis visiting Iowa today: “Ramaswamy and DeSantis are returning to Iowa to push the same extreme message they did on the debate stage this week, pandering to the fringes of […]
IDP Chair Rita Hart’s Statement on the First RNC Debate
IDP Chair Rita Hart’s Statement on the First RNC Debate Iowa Democratic Party Chair Rita Hart responds to the first RNC debate: “Instead of offering solutions that would benefit middle-class Iowans, the MAGA candidates on stage chose to focus on whether climate change is a hoax and who wants to pass the most […]
ONE YEAR LATER: IDP Chair Rita Hart’s Statement On The Inflation Reduction Act Anniversary
ONE YEAR LATER: IDP Chair Rita Hart’s Statement On The Inflation Reduction Act Anniversary Iowa Democratic Party Chair Rita Hart released the following statement on the one year anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act becoming law: “One year ago, President Biden and Democrats delivered a win for the American people despite every Republican in Iowa’s […]
IDP Chair Rita Hart Spotlights Reality Of Scott/Reynolds Assault On Public Education Ahead Of Town Hall
IDP Chair Rita Hart Spotlights Reality Of Scott/Reynolds Assault On Public Education Ahead Of Town Hall Iowa Democratic Party Chair Rita Hart issued the following statement ahead of Tim Scott’s town hall with Governor Reynolds. Scott has publicly been very supportive of the Governor’s policies that defund public schools and even visited a private […]
Trump Praises Chinese Communist Party While in Iowa
Trump Praises Chinese Communist Party While in Iowa Des Moines – While in Cedar Rapids last night, Donald Trump was asked about President Xi. Here is how he responded: “Think of President Xi, central casting, brilliant guy. You know, when I say he’s brilliant, everyone says, ‘Oh that’s terrible,’ Well, he runs 1.4 billion people with an […]
Kim Reynolds Ignores Iowans, Signs Abortion Ban in Front of Republican Special Interest Groups
DES MOINES — Special interests have been rewarded for their investments in Iowa’s Republican legislative and executive leadership. While a majority of Iowans do not support further restrictions on abortion and 96 percent of people who submitted comments online about the new legislation disapproved, Iowa Republicans voted to approve a six-week abortion ban and Governor Kim Reynolds signed the bill […]